Eowyn Ivey: The Snow Child is her debut novel about a childless couple in 1920s Alaska who build a child out of snow.........and then discover a wild child named Faina on their doorstep. Based on a Russian fairytale, this magical book will mesmerize you. Take a sneak peak......

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble was one of my faves growing up, and I never noticed that the policemen were pigs. I can understand banning some books from public libraries. Nothing stops you from buying those books for your children. So many times, children's main contact with books is through their school library, and teachers are just not prepared to have delicate conversations with essentially other people's children.